45 Facts About Voldemort That You Won't find Anywhere Else

Voldemort is the main antagonist of the Harry Potter franchise.

The name of the character was first introduced in the movie 'Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone'. It is a name wizards dread to mention.

Voldemort appeared in all the movies of the Harry Potter series. He was born with the name Tom Riddle as mentioned in 'Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets' movie.

He is a half-blood wizard in this movie. This means he has a muggle father and a witch mother. There are many such interesting facts about Voldemort that will make you like the Harry Potter franchise even more.

Voldemort's Family: Riddle Family, House Of Gaunt

Voldemort belonged to the Riddle family. There are many dark secrets about his childhood and upbringing. Two main families that are associated with Voldemort are the Riddle family and the Gaunt family. Here are some facts related to these families.

• Tom Riddle, Sr. and Merope Riddle and their son, Tom Riddle, were members of the Riddle family.
• They controlled more than half of the valley in which the town of Little Hangleton was as Tom Riddle, Sr. was the most important resident of that town.
• They resided in a huge mansion with beautiful grounds.
• In 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince', writer J K Rowling revealed that young Merope Gaunt fell madly in love with Tom Riddle, Sr.
• Morfin, Merope's brother, objected to his sister's love for the muggle.
• Morfin hexed Tom which was against the laws of the wizarding world. So he was sent to Azkaban. Azkaban is a prison for wizards who commit crimes.
• Merope used this opportunity to cast a spell on Tom Riddle, Sr. She gave him a love potion due to which he fell in love with her.
• They married, and in three months, Merope was pregnant.
• Merope removed the spell, hoping he would love her for real. She believed that he was in love with her. But he ran away after the effect of the potion wore off.
• Their son, Tom Marvolo Riddle, was born on December 31, 1926. Merope died giving birth to the child. The infant grew up in an orphanage by himself.
• The majority of the background of the House of Gaunt is revealed in 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince' as it was seen in the Pensieve.
• The Gaunts were the last documented heirs of Salazar Slytherin. They were once a prominent and important family.
• Events of mental unrest and conflict inside the family had brought them to misery and poverty. The situation was accentuated by cousin marriages designed to perpetuate the pureblood line.
• Since they are also the offspring of the Peverell brothers, the Gaunts, particularly Voldemort, are indirectly connected to Harry Potter.
• Voldemort slaughtered his father and grandparents using the Killing Curse. This left him as the sole remaining member of the Riddle family. This incident was mentioned in the movie 'Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire'.

Appearance

Voldemort has a rather unique appearance. His nose makes him look weird. These changes happened because he had practiced creating Horcruxes. He was no more a complete human. Here are a few typical features of Voldemort's appearance.

• Voldemort has pale skin. He neither has hair nor a nose.
• Instead of a nose, he has snake-like nostrils.
• His eyes resemble cat eyes as they are red and green.
• Voldemort's body is very thin. His hands have extraordinarily long fingers that make him look creepy. His overall structure is tall.
• On the other hand, Tom Riddle was a handsome man. He could mesmerize people with his looks.
• Tom Riddle had jet-black hair and brown eyes.

Magical Abilities And Skills

Voldemort was one of the most powerful wizards in the Harry Potter franchise. But he always used his skills for the wrong purposes. He did not believe in helping others. Rather, killing people gave him pleasure.

• Voldemort was a powerful dark magician.
• He was regarded as one of the world's best Legilimens and an excellent Occlumens.
• He seemed to have the ability to read minds and guard his own against intrusion.
• He feared only Dumbeldore.
• He could converse with snakes in Parseltongue as he was the heir of Salazar Slytherin.
• Voldemort, according to Dumbledore, knows more about magic than any other living wizard.
• Even Dumbledore's most potent defensive spells and potions would be ineffective if Voldemort regained full control.
• Dumbledore also mentioned Voldemort to be the most intelligent learner Hogwarts has ever encountered.
• Voldemort's worst flaw in the story is his unwillingness to love and trust others.
• Lily Potter invoked the protection spell to save Harry from Voldemort and Death Eaters.

Personality

Voldemort is the evilest and most ruthless wizard of all. He is seen hurting other wizards and muggles like Harry potter and many more. Here are a few facts about his personality that set him apart from the others.

• Voldemort was highly anti-social as a kid.
• His only aim was to become immortal.
• He wants to gain all the power and be the most powerful wizard in the world so that no one can defeat him.
• He finds pleasure in killing people.
• He is quite intelligent as acknowledged by Albus Dumbledore.
• He seems to have no conscience, no sorrow, no empathy, and no regard for the value and dignity of anybody other than himself.
• He does not have friends; he just orders them around and controls them.
• He feels he is better than everyone else. He even calls himself Lord Voldemort.

Other Miscellaneous Facts

There are other interesting facts about Voldemort that you may like to know.

• Once Voldemort was killed in the Battle of Hogwarts, people got rid of their fear of saying his name aloud.
• He was often referred to by people as the Dark Lord, You-Know-Who, or He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named in the Harry Potter franchise.
• He attended the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1938. He was placed in House of Slytherin.
• Harry Potter was the last Horcrux of Voldemort. In order to kill Voldemort, Harry had to kill a part of himself that had Voldemort in it. This truth is revealed to Harry by Dumbledore in 'Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows'.
• Tom Riddle was part of the Slug Club. It was a club for good students. He misused it to learn about Horcruxes.
• Both Tom Riddle and Lily Potter received a Magical Merit Medal.
• Voldemort had learned to fly without a broom. He taught Professor Snape the same.
• Voldemort had more Horcruxes than any other wizard. He made Horcruxes in the things that he cherished.
• He created his first Horcrux when he was just 16 years old while studying at Hogwarts. It was the diary Ginny found in 'Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets'. He created seven in total.
• Regulus Black was killed while attempting to eliminate one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, Slytherin's locket.
• Voldemort began working at Borgin and Burkes, a black magic shop on Knockturn Alley, after he graduated from Hogwarts.
• When he was finally killed by Harry Potter, he was 71 years old.
• Peter Pettigrew was the one who killed Cedric Diggory in 'Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire' upon the orders of Voldemort.
• The position of Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor was cursed by Voldemort. No one could hold this position for more than a year. He did this when Dumbledore refused to give him the job.
• When Voldemort killed his father and grandfather, their gardener Frank Bryce was accused. But upon realizing the hands of a wizard in the death of the riddle family, Morfin Gaunt was arrested.
• Merope Gaunt's use of a love potion to entice Tom Riddle Sr. had terrifying implications for their son. It was not surprising that even before he became Voldemort, Tom Riddle was physiologically incapable of experiencing love. It simply wasn't in his DNA.
• Lord Voldemort was unable to experience or comprehend the emotion of love since he was created while his father was under the influence of a love potion. He was not born out of love, so he never experienced the feeling of love.
• During 'Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows', Lord Voldemort made Malfoy Manor his headquarters.
• Voldemort had a kid with Bellatrix Lestrange during this time, according to 'Harry Potter And The Cursed Child'. Their strange relationship, based on power rather than love, gave birth to a girl named Delphi. She would go on to threaten the whole wizarding realm in the future.
• Voldemort emerges as a fully human entity for the first time ever in 'Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire'. He seen for the last time in 'Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows'.
• Lord Voldemort created his identity by reordering the letters of his real identity Tom Marvolo Riddle. 'I Am Lord Voldemort' can be formed by rearranging his name. But in other languages, this formula does not work. Like in French, it is 'Je Suis Voldemort'.
• The nose of the character playing Voldemort's role had to be digitally removed rather than through cover-up makeup.
• Ralph Fiennes plays adult Voldemort in the franchise. Ralph Fiennes' nephew Hero Fiennes-Tiffin played the youthful version of Voldemort as seen in 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince'. Director David Yates picked the actor for his similarity to Ralph.
• Most of us have been pronouncing Voldemort's name incorrectly. On one of her renowned Twitter retcons, JK Rowling disclosed that the last 't' in Voldemort is silent.
• JK Rowling stated in an interview that all wizarding families are linked to each other.
• The three Peverell brothers received the Elder Wand, the Invisibility Cloak, and the Resurrection Stone. Cadmus obtained the Resurrection Stone, Ignotus earned the Invisibility Cloak, and Antioch got the Elder Wand.
• Like Voldemort, Gormlaith Gaunt was also a wicked witch. She killed members of her family. She was also related to Salazar Slytherin.
• The story of Isolt and Gormlaith was different from others in Voldemort's family history. They had a happy ending. After being mistreated by her aunt for almost a decade, Isolt took Gormlaith's wand and escaped to America. There she built the Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the American version of Hogwarts.

FAQs

What was Voldemort known for?
Voldemort is the main antagonist in the Harry Potter franchise. He had killed Harry Potter's parents. He tries to kill Harry Potter multiple times in the whole series without success.

What was Voldemort obsessed with?
Voldemort wanted to be the most powerful wizard. He killed people and created Horcruxes to survive and be the deadliest wizard. He never valued anyone's life except his own.

What bad things did Voldemort do?
Voldemort killed people or possessed them to make them his slaves. He tortured children and adults alike. He hated muggles and killed them for no reason. Killing people gave him pleasure. He used Imperius Curse to make torture others.

When did Voldemort lose his nose?
Voldemort had taken up Nagini's venom as he wanted to be the most powerful. Nagini was a Horcrux. The venom removed his nose and made his face look like a snake. He was no more a full human. He was more like a parasite.

What did Tom Riddle do to the orphans?
Tom Riddle tortured the orphans in a cave. He had taken them to the cave where he hid his Horcrux.

What did Voldemort do after Hogwarts?
Voldemort wanted to become Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor. But he was not allowed by Dumbledore. So, he began working at Borgin and Burkes, a black magic shop on Knockturn Alley.

Where did Voldemort hide his Horcruxes?
Voldemort hides the Horcruxes in a dark cave that he protects with dark magic.

Did Bellatrix Lestrange go to Hogwarts?
Yes, Bellatrix Lestrange went to Hogwarts.

Was Tom Riddle an orphan?
Yes, Tom Riddle was an orphan as his mother died when he was born. His father had abandoned his mother way before his birth. His mother made his father fall in love with her with the help of a love potion.

Is Voldemort a Horcrux?
Voldemort created seven Horcruxes to be able to achieve immortality.

Who was most loyal to Voldemort?
Bellatrix Lestrange was the most loyal to Voldemort. She also had a child with him.

Why did Voldemort not like muggles?
Voldemort hated muggles as they made him remember his childhood. His father, who had abandoned him before birth, was also a muggle.